11. This reluctance to bluntly challenge Fords on bigotry isn't confined to white people or straights.
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12. @AndrayDomiseTO has been excellent in challenging Ford's bigotry, but got criticized for it by fellow black Canadians.
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13. What @AndrayDomiseTO was a type of immigrant conservatism which exists in many communities.
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14. As immigrants, we're often taught (by parents, by elders, but also larger society) to not be vocal & to ignore racist slights.
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15. Immigrant conservatism is based on idea that challenging racism communally is futile & we need to focus on individual achievement.
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16. With homophobia, there's idea that all we need to do is embrace Pride parades & not call people out on their bigotry.
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17. Use of Pride as litmus test erases how far-reaching homophobia of the Fords is, extending to concrete issues of AIDS funding.
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18. Let's put it this way: if Fords did go to Pride, how would that negate concrete harm they've done in policies & normalizing homophobia?
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19. It's true as
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20. But this LGBT critique tends to get watered down as it reaches mainstream to simple complaint about Pride attendance.
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21. To see how critique of Fordian bigotry gets blunted & deflected, consider recent Simon Wiesenthal Center debate.
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22. Here's the background: Rob Ford has used the quaint & ugly slur "kikes" as well as making repeated homophobic comments.
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